Yes, and only a day after the last one. It took me a bit longer than that to read it, mind you.A science-fiction book that was nominated for the Booker: amazing. And have no doubt about it: this is a science-fiction book. Just as Nineteen Eighty Four is; and Orwell’s masterpiece is perhaps the best […]
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@devilgate on Twitter- devilgate: My blog: Youssou N’Dour, Philip Glass, The Kronos Quartet, and Bela Lugosi http://bit.ly/dxOR4e 2010-07-29
- devilgate: Tortoise was from two doors down, & has now been passed back. Beautiful creature, & didn't pull in legs & head when I picked it up. 2010-07-27
- devilgate: The tortoise in my garden. #Hackney #E5 http://twitpic.com/296ull 2010-07-27
- devilgate: There's a tortoise in my garden! Anyone in #Hackney #E5 lost one? 2010-07-27
- devilgate: Government is replacing the Serious & Organised Crime Agency with a new agency to fight serious & organised crime. What?!?! 2010-07-27
- devilgate: I thought the Boris hire scheme was due to go live today. I pass 5 hire points on way to work, & there wasn't a single Boris at any of them. 2010-07-26
- devilgate: @Reynolds Nah, it's all right: we don't do queues in pubs. Anywhere else, yes, but not pubs. 2010-07-26
- devilgate: @brunns It's got a 9.75 too, of course. 2010-07-26
- devilgate: Aargh! I've just noticed that my iPhone changed "dreich" to "drench" in my last post!!! Making it both an ethnic word AND a grammar failure! 2010-07-26
- devilgate: Even on a drench, drizzly day like this, you can't beat #cycling for getting to work in #London. 2010-07-26